The Kut – Valley Of Thorns (2018)


Magazines Top 10 Record Store Day Releases, alongside Baby Metal and Gerard Way. This summer has already seen The Kut playing 21 UK mainland dates, as well as landing in the Semi-Finals of the UK Songwriting Contest. Currently in the studio finishing the debut album, The Kut play out 2017 with a handful of UK shows before the long awaited release. .

01. Mind Games
02. Hollywood Rock n Roll
03. No Trace
04. I Want You Maniac
05. Love in the Rush Hour
06. I Am Vain
07. Alekhine’s

Satisfied Drive – Heart of Stone (2018)


Satisfied Drive was formed in 2007 by Don May and Brandon Fowler (formerly of Stretching Madness) and Mark Vaughn. The band set out with the mission to make a business out of making music, without letting business get in the way of music. Most of Satisfied Drive’s repertoire consists of Classic Rock hits that inspired so many of today’s artists, however the band’s sound covers a wide range of styles

01. Heart of Stone
02. Shine On
03. Now Is the Time
04. Back When We Were Friends
05. Medicine Man
06.

Hercules Morse – Vita Boundary (2018)


ercules Morse present a combination of the energy and audacity of classic British rock, the groove-based riffs of stoner/desert rock and the melodic focus of contemporary alternative rock to create something altogether distinct. Reviewers frequently laud them as a British hybrid of The Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age.

01. Everything Is Great
02. War Within
03. Cuckoo
04. Talk Me Down
05. Clockwork
06. Resigned
07. Can’t See the Sunrise
08. Still Singing
09. The Story Goes
10. Go f

Paola Pellegrini Lexrock – Lady to Rock (2018)


It is not an easy task describing the talents of Paola Pellegrini, an intricate all-around expression of rock. The term that best describes her diverse nature would be “polyhedral”: professional lawyer in the city of Florence by day and a devout rock guitarist, singer/songwriter by night.Her passion for hard rock/punk/metal came at an early age.

01. No Half Way
02. Lovely Man
03. Avuta Mai
04. Cut the Chains
05. Endless Begin
06. Wild Shot
07. Making Love Forever
08. What I Like
09. You Be

QFT – Live In Space (2018)


Sweden, The big bang, traveling through the cosmos, black holes, uniqueness, aliens, colliding stars and the inevitable end of the universe – the solo debut of internationally acclaimed metal singer Linnéa Vikström spans the spectrum from contemporary science to the eternal philosophical questions surrounding to turn the beginning, the end and the life beyond the earth.

01. End of the Universe
02. Big Bang
03. Black Hole
04. QFT
05. Aliens
06. Time
07. Quasar
08. Light Speed
09. Live in Space<

Roterfeld – Hamlet at Sunset (2018)


Rock, Dark Rock, Gothic Rock, Art Rock, Alternative Pop, New Progressive Rock, They have given me many names”, he sings in his single “King of This Land” and in real life many names have indeed been given to Aaron Roterfeld. For the media, he has been the ‘David Bowie of Dark Rock’; for his mother the source of many sleepless nights and for his professional companions, he’s simply obsessed. But who is this restless rocker from Vorarlberg really?

01. No Friend of Mine
02. Bring Your Own Star to Life
03. I Want Mo

The Almas – Back To Bad (2018)


The Almas, meaning soul, are a high energy hard rock band based in Kenosha, WI. The five piece band consists of drums (Sam Cederlund), bass guitar (Josh Sukowski), guitar (Frank Slifka), and vocals (Crystal Teigland).
Influenced heavily by modern rock, punk rock, blues rock and classic rock, they take from each members’ eclectic tastes to create a sonic fusion that is their own. As the Almas, they strive to create a powerful and purposeful sound that will excite and inspire what they like to call “the new soul of rock n roll”!

01. Rise
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Mission In Black – Anthems of a Dying Breed (2018)


Take three musicians of Spellbound, one more of Mystic Prophecy and combine this with piercing female vocals, and you have the perfect thrash cocktail for 2018 in Mission In Black.

01. Premonition of Chaos
02. Welcome the Apocalypse
03. Cold Wings of Vengeance
04. World on Fire
05. Judgement Day
06. Mission in Black
07. Oceans of Blood
08. Into the Flames
09. Godless
10. Where Demons Sleep
11. God Forbidden
12. The Beast Within
13. First Comes the Blood

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Second Coming Of Heavy – Chapter 8: Ride The Sun & The Trikes (2018)


Chapter Eight features killer San Diego legendary stoner band, Ride the Sun and Germany’s The Trikes, each band plowing through one side of the finest heavy psych, stoner, doom, rock that we could find. Ride the Sun are O.G. stoner rock legends in San Diego, dormant for too long, now roaring back with 5 BRAND NEW cuts of motorhead-infused, stoner terror. The Trikes have been on Ripple’s radar for a very long time with their passionate take on retro-70’s inspired heavy, tripped out blues.

01. 5 On 4
02. Karma Washes
03. Get Be

Mojothunder – Mojothunder (2018)


It’s sexy. It’s alluring. It’s primal. It’s time to leave our comfort zone and let instinct behind the wheel. See where it takes us. If not for ourselves, then for the stories it will yield. Hailing from Lexington, KY, this quartet brings the raw, rebellious energy of rock ‘n’ roll back into the forefront.

01. Impaired Minds
02. Mouth Full
03. Something for Nothing
04. Punch Drunk
05. Too Far
06. Burnout Star
07. We are…
08. Good Friday
09. No More

Iron Angel – Hellbound (2018)


Artist: Iron Angel
Album: Hellbound
Country: Germany
Genre: Heavy / Speed Metal

01. Writing’s On The Wall
02. Judgement Day
03. Hell And Back
04. Carnivore Flashmob
05. Blood And Leather
06. Deliverance In Black
07. Waiting For A Miracle
08. Hellbound
09. Purist Of Sin
10. Ministry Of Metal

Dirk Schröder – Vocals
Didy Mackel – Bass
Mischi Meyer – Guitars
Mäx Behr – Drums
Robert Altenbach – Guitars
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David Imhof – Riff Rock (2018)


David Imhof’s music has been featured on shows such as “The Colbert Report”, “Tosh.0” “American Pickers”, “Pawn Stars”, “Impractical Jokers” “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah”, “Comic Book Men”, “Portlandia,” and many others. On the sports side of things, David’s music has placed in “CBS NFL Football”, “NFL On Fox”, “UFC Live Event” “WWF Smackdown”, “MLB On Fox” and lots more.

01. Rif

The Aaron Clift Experiment – If All Goes Wrong (2018)


The Aaron Clift Experiment is a dynamic progressive rock band based in Austin, Texas. The group’s multi-faceted sound is an innovative blend of classic rock, modern rock, and classical all anchored by the band’s dedication to high-quality songwriting and musicianship.

01. Faith
02. Last Crash
03. Absent Lovers
04. Better off Before
05. Castle in the Sky
06. Savage in a Fancy Suit
07. Dream Within a Dream
08. Wild Hunters
09. If All Goes Wrong

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